Sentence examples for earned a rest from inspiring English sources

Lame and Still Racing Melodeeman, a 10-year-old thoroughbred, had earned a rest.

After a novel as compendiously ambitious as yours, I can imagine you have earned a rest.

Of course he is approaching 90, and perhaps feels he has earned a rest.

MINISTERS of the incoming government may feel that, after a long, exhausting campaign, they have earned a rest.

"Besides, I have been writing for almost forty years now, and I thought I had worked enough and earned a rest," Oe said the other day.

They were jailed for life and a minimum of 30 years by Mr Justice Melford Stevenson, who told them that "society has earned a rest from your activities".

We've earned a little rest.

We were now far enough ahead of schedule that we'd earned a full rest day.

"We've earned a little rest" sums up what Charlie says -- and tends to repeat.

We may meet again in primaries in a few days from now and we have both earned a little rest.

You've also earned a good rest should you decide to call it a day, and extending your career simply for the fans would be selfish on our part.